Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1908 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT »■ . mjj— a —- — . SVRKYTHURB»AYMORSIMG RY .£« G ELLINGHAM, PUBLi*HED —R. —— ■ ttJOPBR YEAS IN ADVANCE. B*l*r«d »t »tu» po»wae<e »t Decatur. lad’.wM a. secJ« uia.il matter. Wf _. . , ■—' OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CO. GAMBLING AT FRENCH LICK The Indianapolis News is getting ■ its eyes open to the truth of the i matter in regard to gambling at French Lick. The News has (apparently) just discovered that gam- 1 bling has not been stamped out at I French Lick at all, but that it is z being conducted without any fear of molestation on the part of Gov- ; ernor Hanly and bis cohorts who made i the raid (for political capital) upon i the French Lick Hotel Company's property, of which Thomas Taggart, ’ chairman of the Democratic national ’ committee, is president, two years ‘ ago. The News has also discovered that one Brown, whom Gov. Henly used as a stool pigeon in his picturesque raid, js at the head of the pala- j tial gambling establishment in the I town of French Lick, near the hotel i grounds. Will H. Craig, editor of the ' Noblesville Ledger, and chief of the • literary bureau which sends out the Republican dope sheet from the state committee headquarters, was a visitor at Brown’s establishment a few evenings since, and he tells the readers of his paper that it is the equal of the notorious French Monte Carlo. The News and the Republican leaders who have been abusing Tom Taggart for the existence of gambling in the French Lick Valley have had every opportunity to know that Mr. Taggart has nothing whatever to do with the establishment over which Brown has presided for months and years past, without so much as a protest from the Governor Hanly or his attorney general or any of his numerous deputies. By the way, Brown is the same individual to whom our fellow townsman, Hon Samuel M. Ralston, referred in his Greenfield speech in the campaign of 1906. —Lebanon Pion= eer. A PUBLIC SALE Our lease with Uncle Sam having practically expired and having decided to quit the business and retire to private life, we, the undersigned, will offer at Public Sale, at our residence at the Capitol in Washington, D. C., commencing on the fourth day of November, 1908, the following described property, to-wit: One elephant about forty-five years old; one financial panic, old enough to wean, sired by the gold bugs and damned by everybody; one republican platform, as good as new, but somewhat moss worn; one big stick, slightly impaired by overwork; one republican machine, the same being somewhat out of repair; one financial system, well supplied with clearing house certificates and a little cash; 5,000,000 Teddy Bears; old dinner pails and other articles too numerous to mention. Everybody, regardless of past party affiliations or previous political servitude, is invited to attend this sale. It is expected that most of the articles herein mentioned will be bid on by the Stand Patters, but everything will be on the square and all articles will be sold. There will be no by-biddera. Possession of property will be given March 4, 1969. Roast Crow will be served on the grounds by the Young Men’s Republican Club. The sale will positively take place on the date mentioned regardless of the weather. COL. ROCKEFELLER, COL. MORGAN. COL. HARRIMAN, G. O. P. Managers John R. Walsh, Clerk. OURS THE ONLY 1 Probably ours Is the! only government in the world, certainly the only civilized government, thht would deliberately increase expenditures Jn tho faca of an obviouFy declining

I revenue. We have spent $66,060,0001 ‘ more this year than last. And there*: Jis no suggestion from any responsi-; ' ble source that we ought to economize 1 ■in any direction. On the contrary, : ■ there was an insistent demand from i the president that we spend $40,000,i 000 at the very! least, for four great ' battleships, an amount almost one- , third as large a." our present total ' naval expenditures even on the presj ent inflated basis. Os course it is I true that, under our present system, ■ no one knows, or can know, much of ! what is going on. In a recent utter--1 ance Mr. Cortelyou, secretary of the ' treasury, expressed regret that the : law compelled him to make estimates, i which, he said, “are, for the most part problematical.” How problematical j they were in this case will be clear w'hen we remember that Mr. Cortelyou ; figured that there would be a surplus • for this year, the year ending with ' June, of $42,000,006. As we now see the deficit is likdiy to be considerably in excess of $60,000,000. As most of . our revenue is derived from taxes on consumption, and as consumption depends on the condition of business, it is manifest that any estimates of the i secretary of the treasury must be i "largely problematical." No private ’, business that was conducted in acI cordance with such principles could ■ hope to avoid bankruptcy. —Indianap- ! olis News. The Fairbanks machine papers leave nothing unsaid that is calculated to injure Senator Beveridge and to lessen bis influence in the Republican party. They are now broadly intimating that he supported President Roosevelt’s request for four new battleships (to cost $10,000,006 each) because he was Induced to do so by the steel trust. The Pennsylvania Republicans have adopted a platform which declares that it is all right, perhaps, to revise the tariff provided it Is not changed. That is not exactly the way the platform is worded, but that is what it means. If it means anything else it is that if, by any inadvertence, the tariff rates are changed they should be raised, not lowered. And that is about what will happen to the tariff if the people are foolish enough to allow it to be "revised by its friends” —the trusts. The attention of the Republican editors who. like their Democratic brethren, are paying exorbitant prices to the paper trust for their print paper, is called to the fact that all of the Democratic members of congress signed a petition to Speaker Cannon signifying their readiness to vote to place . wood pulp and on the free list. If only thirty Republican members had joined them the thing could have been done. But not even Jim Watson or Charlie Beary Landis or Crumpacker or any other Republican congressman came forwad. Senator Bailey has been “vindicated" at the Democratic primaries of Texas, being chosen by a large ma- ] jority as a delegate-at-large to the Denver convention. There is one drawback to the satisfaction he must feel and that is that his largest mail joritles were in parts of the state farthest from his home. The opposition grew out of his relations with 5 the Standard Oil company; and it e seems to have been harder to explain e these relations to the people who pere sonally knew that he was a poor man i. when he went to congress, and is now a approximately a millionaire.—South Bend Times. e i '' The inability of the Indianapolis, 5 Terre Haute and Muncie Stars to meet their obligations is not a surprise to newspaper men who understand the ins and outs of a daily newspaper plant. No business requires more careful and painstaking 8. management than a daily newspaper, to make both ends meet. It is extremely doubtful whether a corporationowned newspaper, conducted wholly by employed help, can be made to pay i- in any of the towns or cities of Iny diana. The city of Indianapolis might !- possibly be an exception, but only afi ter th* paper had been built up by inJ divide® effort.—South Bend Times.

The right-of-way subsidy election I should carry' by a large majority and to insure such an outcome the Decatur boosters should get busy. Let's make it overwhelming for a Greater Decatur and a Greater Adams county. they hope for help from Illinois. The outlook for Bryan in Michigan is prom- I ising and it will be something of a surprise if the delegates from that state go uninstructed to the convention. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Uncle Joe stands firm for the paper trust, but after all he is consistent. He has preached high protection too | long to admit now that it is wrong : in theory as well as principle. Many , of those who now condemn his backbone are not as consistent as Uncle Joe. - A Chicago newspaper publisher in ; his testimony before the house com- ! mittee on wood pulp, says that his ; share of the tribute to the paper trust I is one hundred thousand dollars a | year. It costs like hades to help these poor but innocent infant Indus- I tries, I The righbof-way subsidy election . should interest every voter in Wash- j ington township. The extension of ■ this line means dollars and cents to every inhabitant of the county. It will cost $156,666 to extend to Berne, and that means labor and lots of it. much of that money will be spent among all classes of our people, especially the laborer. Boost and get ready to vote for the subsidy. Daa Reid, who staked the Indianapolis Star and Is in danger of loosing a good big wad of money by so doing. made his wealth by organizing the tux plate trust and his wealth came easy, but it came out of the pockets of the people who were squeezed to gratify the greed of the stockholders in the trust. For that reason he will not get much sympathy if he does get left on his newspaper loan.-—Columbia City Post. The successful farmer of today keeps his books and can tell in a minute where he stands in a financial way. Ke has just as much need of it as the business man. In fact the only kind of fanning that pays is the kind that is run strictly on business principles. If the results of recent years in the farming world have demonstrated anything it i- the fact that farming is a Balance and an exact one at that. —Rochester Sentinel. The Star League, comprising the Indianapolis, Muncie and Terre Haute Stars, have kindly consented to be edited and managed for the present by a receiver. These newspapers have been the bell weathers in the cry of prosperity, the full dinner pail, stand pat and all the other emblems of the G. O P. It would seem, however that when every one else lugged off a big chunk of prosperity the Star ’ League failed to get theirs, hence they ■ live by the charity of a court who • appointed a receiver to protect credI I itors whom the Star now' ow'es some- ; thing like three quarters of a million - dollars. The anarchy of free silver • must be very repellant to the fine - sense of modesty and righteousness i which has characterized its editorial t utterances for several years past —in i a horn. > With considerable trouble the men '■ who manage the democratic state coni vention in Connecticut contrived to suppress all resolutions endorsing William J. Bryan. The delegates from > that state will go uninstructed to the > Denver convention. New York has an - uninstructed delegation and Delaware ’- Is pledged to Judge Gray as a matter t of course. Mr. Bryan will have r friends on these and all other uning structed delegations, though perhaps not in such strength as to overcome J- operation of the Unit rule against i- him. The Bryan opposition has pretty y nearly mustered its full showing and V unless there be a decided change of i- sentiment in states in which delegates t ar yet to be chosen, the coalition - against the Nebraskan will not be - formidable. Johnson men are hoping for much in Michigan. Similarly did

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All correspond- : ence is guarded as sacredly secret and I womanly confidences are protected by i I professional privacy. Address Dr. K. V. . Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. k~.» Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets the best 1 laxative and regulator of the bowels. . ' They invigorate stomach, liver and I bowels. One a laxative; two or three a I cathartic. Easy to take as candy. lem.'iin'Bm ■a , j* UM The eighth district committeemen will meet at Muncie on Thursday of this week to fix a time and place for holding the congressional convention. Hon. J. A ,M. Adair, present congressman will probably be the only candidate, and the convention will likely be held about the middle of June. The Democratic state committee is in session today at Indianapolis. Counseling with them are a number of the candidates, including the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall. Democratic nominee for governor. Plans for the campaign will be discussed and a speakers schedule arranged. Mr. Marshall expects to speak in every county in the state, and it is safe to predict that the campaign this year will be one of the warmest ■ in the history of Indiana, the scene of so many political battles. The distress among the unemployed at Indianapolis is so extreme that the city authorities, in response to a public demand, decided to give men work on the streets. When this fact was announced the crowd that appeared clamoring for work was so great that scarcely one out of twenty could be provided for. And Indianapolis is probably better off than most cities of its size, from which it may be inferred that the general business depression caused by the panic shows no. sign of improvement. The terrible fire horror conitnues the principal subject of discussion. To be sure there have been many worse accidents, but this one is so close home. It will doubtless serve as an incentive to more rigid regulations. etc., regarding fire-trap hotels, boarding and lodging houses, etc. Ab--1 solutely fireproof buildings may not yet be attainable, but an approximate approach thereto surely is. And this 1 surely ought to be required of ail buildings wherein any considerable ’ number of people are sheltered. Who--1 soever erects a building for public ' purposes should be required to have 1 it constructed with due reference tc public safety. emglßgVg—... I J_> i For years upon years Indiana has - been sounding the merits of its build > Ing stone. Its sale has been pusher ; everywhere on the claim that no bet i ter or more durable stone exists. Thii J claim was well founded. Experienct i has shown that it is true. The stat< s house, the soldiers’ monument, th< r United States postofflee building an< 3 other buildings at Indianapolis, am - countless structures elsewhere in th, 8 state and throughout the countr 3 stand as evidence that Indiana ston, t is all right. But now comes Governo f Hanly and says it is not all right. H, 1 has decreed that the new Tippecanof monument shall be built of granite, oi 3 the ground that it is better chan th. i Indiana stone that was used in Indi s ana’s state house, the great soldiers ; monument and other structures. Mi I Hanly has given a big state industiJ ■ '

a blow and hasplacedin the hands of L granite producers a weapon that they will not be slow to use. And the question is— why? PROSPECTS BRIGHT . I Says the Distinguished Politician and He Predicts . Many Victories < I Ex-Congressman Robison, of Fort , Wayne, was in the city yesterday i , a jn an interview ( . on legai - i. with a Democrat representative he ■ sta red the Democratic prospects were never brighter than at the present time; that the republican divisions are the natural results of the republican bad government, as no set of men can be expected always to stand for evil such as republicans have ■cursed the country with. “The de-. ! pression in business largely.” he coni tinned, “is due to the money manip'ulation and to the class legislation of 'the republican party.” Mr. Robison ipredicts victory for Bryan, Marshall, Congressman Adair and the Twelfth 'district candidate, Mr. Cyrus Cline, 'also a Democratic house of represenitatlves. Not only democrats predict i victory for their candidates, but there are many republicans who can feel the ground slipping from beneath the supposed strong holds of their party. Mr. Robison is a typical politician, and is well posted on the political affairs of the country. He has gained much prominence in political circles and he is said to be the bezt acquainted man and best vote getter in the Twelfth congressional district. - ■* —————- — CAME 1,500 MILES Heart Broken Husband and Babe of a Few Days Arrive on Same Train Probably one of the most pathetic : scenes that has ever been witnessed , in Decatur was jthat pt yesterday • when the remains of Mrs. Carl Aber » arrived to be in the fond embrace of , her parents after being carried for , more than 1,500 miles in the care of an express company. On the same ! train that conveyed the lifeless bedy of the most estimable lady to this city, a the heartbroken husband and the babe ' of a few days, accompanied by Mrs. t J. B. Snoufer, of Denver, a trained 3 nurse, also arrived and the meeting of , ' the husband and the parents of the t deceased was indeed pathetic. The corpse was removed to the home of e Mr. and Mrs. Mumma today, where it s will remian until Thursday morning s at 9:30 o’clock when the funeral cor- - tege will leave the home, arriving at the M. E. church in this city at ten o'clock. The services will be conducts ed by Rev. Beeber, assisted by Rev. Ic. B. Wilcox and Rev. Newcomb and | interment will be made in the beaus tiful Maplewood cemetery. Mr. and L Mrs. Aber were married June 20, 1907, Immediately after their marriage, they went to housekeeping in Fort Wayne, 0 where Mr. Aber secured a lucrative e position with the Nickel Plate railroad i- i company. From there they moved to Los Angeles, Cal., and after remain } ing there for some time, they removed to Tucumari, New Mexico, where Mr. ,l Aber was employed as a civil engineer, e Last Saturday morning a boy baby s came to bless the happy union, the ren suit of which took the life of the mother and caused much sorrow among her many friends, urenia resulting from the illness. Mr. Aber is well c known in this city and is a nephew e or J. Cline, of north of the city. His 0 father, D. J Aber, conducted a gro.cery store in this city many years ago. is I The musicale to be given by the d- students of the Academy of Music of •d the St. Marys church under the direct tion of the Sisters of St ises to be a glorious event. The affair is to be given for the benefit of the -e church and the very best talent in the te city w m carry out the program. le Tickets will soon be on sale and no ld doubt the Bosse will be packed on the evening of May 14. le A A

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PROGRAT4 IS GOOD The St. Vincent de Paul Gave a Pedro Party at Hall Last Evening The St. Vincent de Paul soclety gave a pedro party at the C. B. L. cf 1. hall Monday night. The party was more of an informal affair as it was given for the members only. On account of the inclement weather a small sized crowd was present, but neverthless those that attended enjoyed themselves to the limit. Promptly at 8:30 o'clock: th bell rang announcing that the contest was on. which continued until twelve games were played. The winners proved to be Mrs. John Starost who received the fizst prize, a beautiful plate and Mrs. I Henry Schulte for second prize, which was a fine handworked apron. After the playing was over a good social session was hiffl by all present, which included about twenty couples. e AT GREAT NORTHERN A. J. Smith Has Started a Movement in Behalf of Our Farmers A movement has been started by A. J. Smith to establish a premium list on horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry for the Great Northern Indiana fair, for which only residents of the county can compete. It will be a citizens premium list aad will consist of purses made up of the eikizens of Decatur, and Mr. Smith started this morning to secure subscriptions to the amount of s26o,which will be distributed to the Adams county farmers only, who exhibit th* beat stock. The names of all of th* contributors will be published as soon as the required amount is subscribed for and Decatur people wish to demonstrate to their farmer friends that they have no selfish Interest at heart. • The Adams county farmer can this year compete for both the citizens premiums and the premiums of the fair association, but the non-residents of the county can but compete for the ’ one. Mr. Smith the instigator of the • movement has experienced no diffif culty whatever thus far, but he finds , the people willing to subscribe their . share in the creditable movement. Each of the banks of the city sub- > scribed $16.00 this morning, as did Smith and Bell. Krick and Tyndall I have also affixed their signature to j the subscription list s • > The school term is nearing its close f and the scholars of the various public t schools will son begin a three months’ . vacation. It has been one of the most . successful years in the history of the t Decatur schools. The Senior class of , the high school will have a great time . during commencement week and several brilliant social events are sched- [ uled for same. A letter was received from Dick 1 Blossom this morning, who Is located . at Pensacola, Florida, stating that he r is getting along nicely. He is now , regularly detailed as yard printer in 3 the job printing office in the navy 1 yard and has proven to be a worthy > man. His many Decatur friends will be glad to hear that he is prospering. 1- ii ii —i IASPHALTI r 1 ► iBOOFINGi i- o ♦ B Lay it yourself-all ma- ♦ I; terial (nails and cement) i o furnished ONE-HALF X f o expense saved. Write for | .. o Samples and Circulars. ♦ '■ J; Manufactured by J J i: McHenry—Millhouse | ; ; Manufacturing Co. + 0 SOUTH BEND IND. t 14 *